as in spree
a time or instance of carefree fun
in Finland, Midsummer Day ushers in a nationwide revel as the Finns celebrate the endless hours of sunlight with bonfires and parties
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Recent Examples of revel
Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
These chocolate, nut, and oat revel bars are an all-time favorite of many on the Better Homes & Gardens staff.
—Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2023
Photographs & Text By Elliot Ross For Time, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
The winner will be reveled with the 2024 Emmys air Sept. 15 on ABC.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 July 2024
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Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes and friends will raise their third Lombardi Trophy in five years and revel with Chiefs fans in the wake of Sunday’s 25-22 overtime victory over the 49ers.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
These chocolate, nut, and oat revel bars are an all-time favorite of many on the Better Homes & Gardens staff.
—Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2023
Verb
Tim Holiday reveling the arrival of the first monsoon storm of the season.
—Photographs & Text By Elliot Ross For Time, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
The winner will be reveled with the 2024 Emmys air Sept. 15 on ABC.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revel
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However, authorities said the two brothers’ motive was greed, citing the lavish spending spree — which involved expensive watches, cars, and tennis lessons — the two brothers went on after the slayings.Christine Pelisek, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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Related Articles From California to the Bahamas, a young man went on a deadly crime spree with his domineering mother.Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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Serving guests, some of them still carousing from the previous evening out, was never enough.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 July 2024
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While more of a household name in Great Britain, Wakeman’s ethereal-sorcerer persona onstage was matched in his heyday for barroom carousing and insolvency.Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
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In the winning first moments of the show, Mills gambols on as the Narrator, wielding a paint palette and, instead of a brush, a tuft of rainbow-colored gauze.Celia Wren, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
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Once thought to be bipedal, hadrosaurs are now believed to have walked on all fours, though some species may have taken the occasional awkward two-legged gambol.Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2019
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Fuel Your Future With Purposeful Rest Continuous improvement doesn’t always require binging self-help books and podcasts.Stephanie Davis, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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This is the best time of year to binge scary movies.Annalise Frank, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
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The unscripted romp follows a group of Mormon mom influencers behind the #MomTok hashtag.Lynette Rice, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
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This fun Christmas crashing romp will either end in disaster or two happily-ever-afters!EW.com, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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As reports of tourists’ deaths emerged in recent days, New Zealand, Australia, the UK, Canada and the US all issued statements urging their citizens to be cautious about drinking alcohol in Laos.Lilit Marcus, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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To drink, enjoy a Bottled Coquito for two, La Huerta (two to four people), or Mezcal Cranberry (two to four people).Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Just one day before spirits celebrate a night of frolic on Halloween, The View has once again proven itself to be our planet's foremost breeding ground for noises emanating from another realm (either that or, as Joy Behar observed, an audience member falling off-camera).EW.com, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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All those dogs with no sanctioned place to bark and hump and frolic and fight.Christopher Robbins, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Revel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revel. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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